Tag: LPG
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Ashanti Region: Tanker drivers declare sit-down strike
Tanker drivers belonging to the Ghana National Petroleum Tanker Drivers Union in the Ashanti Region have initiated a nationwide sit-down strike to draw attention to the deteriorating condition of roads leading to the Kumasi depot of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation (BOST). According to the drivers, the recent onset of heavy rains has further…
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LPG use to decline by about 25 % by the end of the year
The LPG Marketers Association is predicting a 25% decline in consumption of LPG by the close of 2022. This, according to the Association, is as a result of taxes on the product which has culminated in price hikes recorded in months past. Vice President for the LPG Marketers Association Gabriel Kumi told Citi Business News…
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Upstream petroleum chamber calls for harnessing of local gas resources
The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana upstream petroleum chamber, David Ampofo has called on various players in the country’s energy sector to focus attention and more resources on local gas production. This, he says, is necessary to strengthen the sector and also cut down on the amount of foreign reserve that is used to…
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LPG Marketers Association promise availability of product after strike
The LPG marketers Association of Ghana is assuring consumers they would get products to buy from the retail outlets of its member across the country. This comes after an earlier strike by the association over an embargo instituted by the government on the construction of new LPG stations in 2017. The development left many consumers…
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Wereko-Brobby advocates against dual use of LPG
Energy Analyst and former Chief Executive Officer of the Volta River Authority, Dr. Charles Wereko Brobby, has raised concerns about the dual use of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) in the country. According to him, the situation where LPG is used more in the transport industry than for domestic use, is making it difficult for government…
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Consider lifting ban on construction of new LPG stations – LPG Marketers
The Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) Marketing Companies Association says it may lose GH¢60million worth of investment made into building some 100 LPG retail outlets which remain incomplete. The government, after the Atomic Gas explosion in 2017, placed a ban on new LPG retail points to allow for proper assessment of all LPG outlets nationwide. Although…
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Doubling LPG consumption by 2030 can’t be achieved with new taxes – LPG Marketers
With just a few a days to the implementation of the new taxes announced in the 2021 budget, the LPG Marketing Companies Association of Ghana says the country’s goal of doubling consumption level of LPG by 2030, is now dead. According to the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), the new taxes which will take effect from…
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Gas shortage hits parts of Ghana
Parts of the Greater Accra and Central Regions have been hit by an acute shortage of Liquefied Petroleum Gas. The situation has left consumers who depend on LPG for domestic, commercial and industrial purposes stranded. Some residents who spoke to Citi News said the shortage, which started on Wednesday, October 28, is taking a toll…
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LPG from Ghana Gas more expensive than imported product; COPEC insists
The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers, COPEC, insists that Liquefied Petroleum Gas supplied to Oil Marketing Companies by the Ghana National Gas Company is more expensive than imported LPG. COPEC had earlier called on the Ministry of Energy to address the anomaly which it says had contributed to an increase in the price of LPG in…
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Pricing of Atuabo Gas, pressure and quality must be checked – COPEC
The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC) is demanding an independent public testing of random samples of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) from retail outlets supplied by the Ghana National Gas Company from its Atuabo Plant. They are also calling on the company to declare the ratio of Propane to Butane in the LPG produced from Atuabo.…